A slip pulse model with fault heterogeneity for low-frequency earthquakes and tremor along plate interfaces

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Ando, Ryosuke ^a   Nakata, Ryoko ^b   Hori, Takane ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINEAR SPECTRAL; LOW-FREQUENCY EARTHQUAKES; MIGRATION VELOCITY; NON-VOLCANIC TREMORS; PHYSICAL MODEL; PLATE INTERFACES; PRACTICAL USE; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; SLIP PULSE; SOURCE AREA; SOURCE PROCESS; STRONG ANISOTROPY;

ANISOTROPY; EARTHQUAKES; RHEOLOGY;

SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

ANISOTROPY; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; FAULT SLIP; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE TECTONICS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 77953034900     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL043056     Document Type: Article

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